Grand Army Plaza

Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York is an oval plaza that forms the main entrance to Prospect Park. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux in 1867. It consists of concentric rings arranged as streets, with the outer ring being named Plaza Street. The inner ring was originally intended to be a circle, but it actually was arranged as a main street – Flatbush Avenue – with eight radial roads connecting: Vanderbilt Avenue; Butl... more
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